Police have arrested a drink driver in Burnham-On-Sea who tried to avoid being pulled over to be tested by doing a U-turn.
Police carried out drink driving checks in Burnham’s Love Lane and Stoddens Road over the weekend as part of their ongoing ‘Operation Tonic’ initiative.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s Roads Policing Unit said a vehicle was “spotted doing a U-Turn to avoid an Operation Tonic check site on Love Lane.”
Police said the driver was arrested after providing a positive breath test and charged.
The spokesperson added: “They had a choice, the young baby also within did not have a choice to be in the car.”
Police made over 100 arrests across the region during the first days of the drink drive campaign.
